About the Authors

Masanari Taniguchi

Affiliations Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, Multiple Molecular Imaging Research Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science, Kobe, Japan

Ayako Fukunaka

Affiliation Multiple Molecular Imaging Research Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science, Kobe, Japan

Mitsue Hagihara

Affiliation Multiple Molecular Imaging Research Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science, Kobe, Japan

Keiko Watanabe

Affiliation Multiple Molecular Imaging Research Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science, Kobe, Japan

Shinichiro Kamino

Affiliation Multiple Molecular Imaging Research Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science, Kobe, Japan

Taiho Kambe

Affiliation Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Shuichi Enomoto

senomoto@pharm.okayama-u.ac.jp (SE); mhiromura@riken.jp (MH)

Affiliations Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, Multiple Molecular Imaging Research Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science, Kobe, Japan

Makoto Hiromura

senomoto@pharm.okayama-u.ac.jp (SE); mhiromura@riken.jp (MH)

Affiliation Multiple Molecular Imaging Research Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science, Kobe, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT AF M. Hagihara KW SK TK SE M. Hiromura. Performed the experiments: MT AF M. Hiromura. Analyzed the data: MT TK SE M. Hiromura. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT M. Hagihara KW. Wrote the paper: MT TK SE M. Hiromura.